Your Comments: Sheldon Silver will take every last penny New Yorkers have

View full sizeMike Groll / APNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (left) gives copies of his Jan. 5 State of the State address to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (center) and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y.

As the first week of New York’s legislative session began, lines began to be drawn between the Democratic majority in the Assembly and the Republican majority in the Senate over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to cap property tax increases at 2 percent -- or a lesser inflation rate -- per year.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Monday that Democrats are discussing whether Cuomo’s proposed property tax cap is too low and if there should be more instances in which the cap could be suspended, such as an unexpected expense like a health care spike or big court judgment.

Exasperated syracuse.com user crazedmaniac indicated that Silver is out of touch with the reality of paying taxes and sarcastically said:

"Sheldon Silver knows that we just don't pay enough in taxes in New York. And your wallet is the limit too. As long as you have money in your wallet, Sheldon Silver and company will be coming after it."